{"id":355609,"date":"2026-06-25T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ai-palantir-and-drones-the-controversial-tech-of-londons-fight-against-crime\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:00:06","slug":"ai-palantir-and-drones-the-controversial-tech-of-londons-fight-against-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ai-palantir-and-drones-the-controversial-tech-of-londons-fight-against-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"AI, Palantir and drones &#8211; the controversial tech of London&#8217;s fight against crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jLJ-6QlLHfc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"AI, Palantir and drones - the controversial tech of London's fight against crime\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLJ-6QlLHfc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police have announced a major expansion of technology across London, including drones, live facial recognition and AI.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has warned that tech is driving crime, not just enabling it \u2013 and without these tools, police will be outpaced by criminals.<\/p>\n<p>But critics, and some within policing itself, say it\u2019s being rolled out faster than the law can keep up. We spoke to the Met chief and put those concerns to him.<\/p>\n<p>And a warning, this report contains flashing images.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Metropolitan Police have announced a major expansion of technology across London, including drones, live facial recognition and AI. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has warned that tech is driving crime, not just enabling it \u2013 and without these tools, police will be outpaced by criminals. 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